¡Gente! Let’s go to the National Book Festival 2024 this Saturday!It’s here! Every year, the National Book Festival is ready to fill our bookish hearts with a full day of panels and events with our…Aug 21Aug 21
Meet Adrian Gaston Garcia, AGG, the Queer Latine Storyteller Uplifting Our CommunityMeet? You probably already know the Latine storyteller Adrian Garcia Gaston, aka AGG (the artist uses any pronouns, he/they/she, just be…Aug 1Aug 1
Writing at the Borderlands & What We Know, a Poem by the Border Community AllianceEarlier this month, my colleague, Dr. Mariana Reyes, and I headed to the border to teach creative writing workshops and explore the Arizona…Jun 19Jun 19
100+ Thoughts While Doing the Cherry Blossom 5KA 5k is not a big deal for many people, but it is for me. When I lived in Arizona, I got obsessed with them. I pretty much did one every…May 18May 18
In Defense of Cinco de MayoIf you are Mexican like me, you know we don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo like they do here in the United States. Seeing all the sombreros and…May 5May 5
Meeting Eugenio DerbezLoving Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez feels the same as trying to make it as a writer.Jan 27Jan 27
Blue Beetle’s Top Ten StereotypesI wasn’t planning to write about Blue Beetle. It was just the movie available in the theatre, and I needed to redeem my birthday freebies…Sep 3, 2023Sep 3, 2023
On Being 40I have 40 years old. And before you say, “It’s ‘I’m 40 years old,’” hear me out.Aug 26, 20232Aug 26, 20232
La Comunidad Reads with Lupita AquinoOn Saturday, August 5th, La Comunidad Reads kicked off its programming with the “Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration”…Aug 15, 2023Aug 15, 2023